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  2. Fog bow - Wikipedia

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    Fog bow. A fog bow, sometimes called a white rainbow, [1] is a similar phenomenon to a rainbow; however, as its name suggests, it appears as a bow in fog rather than rain. [2] Because of the very small size of water droplets that cause fog—smaller than 0.05 millimeters (0.0020 in)—the fog bow has only very weak colors, with a red outer edge ...

  3. LGBTQ symbols - Wikipedia

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    A white knot. The white knot is a symbol of support for same-sex marriage in the United States. The white knot combines two symbols of marriage, the color white and "tying the knot," to represent support for same-sex marriage. [105] The white knot has been worn publicly by many celebrities as a means of demonstrating solidarity with that cause ...

  4. Rainbow - Wikipedia

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    A colorful rainbow and ring-billed gull. Rainbows can be observed whenever there are water drops in the air and sunlight shining from behind the observer at a low altitude angle. Because of this, rainbows are usually seen in the western sky during the morning and in the eastern sky during the early evening.

  5. Rainbows in culture - Wikipedia

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    The rainbow has found a place in the mythological systems of many cultures. It is sometimes personified as a deity, such as the Greco-Roman messenger goddess Iris, or the Aboriginal Australian Rainbow Serpent. In Albanian folk beliefs the rainbow is regarded as the belt of the goddess Prende, and oral legend has it that anyone who jumps over ...

  6. Rainbow flag (LGBTQ) - Wikipedia

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    Using a rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBTQ pride began in San Francisco, California, but eventually became common at LGBTQ rights events worldwide. The rainbow flag is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) pride and LGBTQ movements in use since the 1970s. Originally devised by the artists Gilbert Baker, Lynn ...

  7. Rainbows in mythology - Wikipedia

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    The rainbow is depicted as an archer's bow in Hindu mythology. Indra, the god of thunder and war, uses the rainbow to shoot arrows of lightning. [ 10 ] In pre- Islamic Arabian mythology, the rainbow is the bow of a weather god, Quzaḥ, whose name survives in the Arabic word for rainbow, قوس قزحqaws Quzaḥ, "the bow of Quzaḥ".

  8. Aesthetics of science - Wikipedia

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    Aesthetics of science is the study of beauty and matters of taste within the scientific endeavour. Aesthetic features like simplicity, elegance and symmetry are sources of wonder and awe for many scientists, thus motivating scientific pursuit. [3] Conversely, theories that have been empirically successful may be judged to lack aesthetic merit ...

  9. Transgender flag - Wikipedia

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    Its usage is similar to the original rainbow flag but specific to the transgender community. It was designed in 1999 by Monica Helms and has since been adopted by the transgender community around the world. [1] [2] The design features five horizontal stripes of three colors in the order light blue, light pink, white, light pink, and light blue.